Health issue, making me extremely depressed. Please help me?

Question

I'm a girl, 15, and I'm horrified. I'm growing facial hair and it's NOT just on my upper lip. If it was only on my upper lip, or 'sideburns' i would be very contented. But all over my cheeks, and chin, the 'peach fuzz' is growing in really thick. It's all bleached because of being in the sun, but once winter comes, it will be very dark, and I'm going to school for the first time in my life, because I was home schooled before. There's also some hair on my stomach which I'm worried about. The doctor wants me to take Yasmin, a birth control pill, to stop it, but I read the side affects, and they're actually deadly.

What do I do?! I'm generally happy and optimistic, but now I'm depressed for the first time in my life, and I've actually considered killing myself. I'm obviously not going to, I love other aspects of life too much. But that's just, how bad it is.

Please. Please, try to help me.

Answer 1

These symptoms can indicate a hormone problem such as Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome.  I would recommend that before taking this pill ask your doctor about checking to see if you have a hormone imbalance.

Some teenagers can get hormone imbalances such as Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome.

I have this condition and started having some of the symptoms like the hair growth when I was about your age.

Let your mom know too your concerns about the doctor's recommendation.

I tried Yasmin for 6 months for a different problem and found it helped some of the symptoms I had of the Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome.  I had to go off of it for a different reason.  There are other ways to treat the problem of a hormone imbalance such as of the alternative means like dietary change if weight is an issue for some.

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Answer 2

Yasmin is not deadly. I took it years ago. I have polycistic ovarie disease which gives you more male hormone in your body thus causing the increase in body hair. Take it, its a birth control pill but it will help. They dont give it out daily if it kills you!!!